The Ugly Empress

Teng Yun cared a little bit about Ruixue's words, and he also cared a little bit about Zhao Lu's reaction.

Teng Yun's feelings are relatively simple. He knows how to be loyal to the emperor and love the people, but these feelings are nothing compared to people's hearts.

When Zhao Lu received the Broken Qin, he felt sad, but Teng Yun didn't understand why he was so ruthless to Feng Wang since he liked it.

In Teng Yun's eyes, it is only natural for a man to go into battle to kill the enemy, and there is nothing wrong with it if you kill me and I kill you, but these behind-the-scenes things are not his style.

Teng Yun stared at the top of the bed with his eyes open all night. Speaking of which, no one was wrong, even Xue Junliang couldn't be said to be wrong. As a king, he had to think farther than others, but Teng Yun still couldn't let go.

He thought of the rumors he had heard, that an emperor could treat Zhao Lu like this, does this mean that maybe this feeling is true?There is only one thing for sure, that is, this kind of feeling is not tolerated by the world, and now that Zhao Lu is gone, it is estimated that King Feng will become the target of public criticism.

Teng Yun got up very early the next day, probably because he didn't have a good night's sleep. He could imagine the broken piano when he closed his eyes, and Xue Junliang who was far away in the capital.

Finally fell asleep, but was awakened by the dream, and he dreamed of the scene where Xue Junliang shot himself.

It is common for emperors to backfire ruthlessly. Teng Yun absolutely does not believe how long he can live when he returns to Beijing this time. There is no excuse for committing a crime. For such a smart person as Xue Junliang, there must be thousands of ways to wait for his own death.

But Teng Yun couldn't say anything, saying that he was not Teng Ying was too ridiculous.

Teng Yun packed up his things and hid the dagger next to his body. Now that Zhao Lu has surrendered, Fengguo's vitality must be seriously injured. Even if [-] soldiers and horses are nothing to Fengming, Fengguo's soldiers are strong and horses are strong, but the Marquis of Zhulu The impact of surrender still shocked Fengguo.

How can we fight without popular support?

Sure enough, Feng Ming took away the forces at the border and stopped harassing Xue Guo. Xue Junliang soon sent someone to send an imperial decree, asking their teachers to return to the court and rewarding them for their achievements.

Teng Yun's newly recruited [-] soldiers will naturally also go back to the court. This group of soldiers is mighty, and it is not a matter of one day from Teng State to Xue State.

The difficulty of marching happened to be a good time to escape, but Teng Yun didn't know where else he could go after leaving the army. He never wanted to go back to Teng country. It was the place where he was born and raised, and it was inevitable to think about others when he saw things, especially It was when King Teng became Marquis Tengnan and finally became a prisoner.

Teng Yun is a stubborn person, and many times he can't turn the corner.

It is impossible for Xue Guo to go, after all, it is Xue Junliang's territory, Xue Wang has a heavy heart, and Teng Yun feels that as long as he steps into Xue Guo, he will definitely be noticed by his eyeliner.

However, Fengguo was born in an unfamiliar place, and the strange feeling made Teng Yun feel very hesitant, perhaps because he had experienced a lot, but he was afraid of strangeness and loneliness.

When Zhao Lu just arrived in the army, many people disapproved of him because they didn’t know his identity. As soon as the imperial decree came, he was promoted to rank and commander-in-chief, but Teng Yun became the deputy commander. General.

Naturally, Teng Yun could see that this was Xue Junliang's first move. He wanted to restrain himself and let Zhao Lu check and balance himself. He guessed that Teng Yun had the idea of ​​running away.

Zhao Lu led the army back to Beijing, and sent Zhao Tong to follow Teng Yun at all times, which was regarded as surveillance. Although Teng Yun was familiar with military books, his physical strength was not good enough, and his daily kung fu practice was just a show, and he couldn't compare with Zhao Tong. He looks weak, and he is often called a white-faced scholar by the He brothers, but the whole army competes with him, and no one can beat him.

Teng Yun knew that Xue Junliang was determined to cut off his head, and he would not give him the slightest chance to escape.

What's more, Teng Shang and Teng Nanhou are still in the capital. Even if Teng Yun is angry with Teng Nanhou, he can't clean up his affection for Teng Shang.

Zhao Tong smiled and said to Teng Yun: "I heard that the general burned down the Yunfeng Palace. I'm afraid he has enmity with Fengguo? Otherwise, he wouldn't put his life and death at risk like this."

Teng Yun didn't answer, Zhao Tong smiled and said: "I see you have scars on your face, so big and small, it doesn't look like a tattoo. Could it be left over from the war?"

Teng Yun smiled and said: "I know you look down on me, why bother to ask so many questions, teasing people with words is not what a real man would do."

Zhao Tongxin was arrogant. He didn't know that Teng Yun was the sword-backing officer who would slap his horse with a bad reputation that day. She pretended to tease herself, so she naturally had a bad impression of him.

Moreover, Zhao Tong came from a famous family and had read poetry and books since he was a child. Xue Junliang once joked, pointing to Zhao Tong, who was still a guard at the time, saying, "In the future, he will be an immortal talent."Later, Zhao Tong was transferred from the palace to the military camp, and then he was placed in Fengguo to take care of Zhao Lu by Xue Junliang's fancy. He has been promoted all the way, it is indeed because he is superior in both talent and courage.

Such Zhao Tong, how could he be convinced by a sword-backing officer who relies on words.

Zhao Tong said: "If you are not convinced, you can compare swords with me."

Teng Yun said: "A sword can only kill one person. Fighting on the battlefield is a matter between countries. The courage of a man is really inappropriate."

Zhao Tong still wanted to reason with him, Zhao Lu had heard that there was a gap between the two of them, they were both generals, although they were on their way back to the imperial court, the generals really competed with each other, which disturbed the morale of the army.

Zhao Lu punished Zhao Tong for not understanding the general situation, and transferred him away, and asked him to lead the advance team back to Beijing to report the letter.

Xue Junliang sighed a little when he saw Zhao Tong. Zhao Tong was still young when he went to Fengguo, but it has been so many years now.

Zhao Tong reported the army's itinerary, and he could arrive in Beijing within two days at most.

Xue Junliang groaned after hearing this, and said with a smile, "Zhao Tong, Zhao Tong, you've all been tricked."

Zhao Tong naturally didn't understand what King Xue meant, "The general is dull, please show me."

Xue Junliang said: "It's no wonder that although you are talented, you have too little experience after all, and you are aggressive by nature... Don't you think that Teng Ying deliberately provoked you to be angry, and then Zhao Lu will take the overall situation as a priority?" Heavy, transfer you away. You are the best in the army, without your surveillance, wouldn't it be easier for Teng Ying to run away?"

Zhao Tong only came to his senses after hearing this, but it would be too late to turn back.

Xue Junliang was not alarmed, and said with a smile: "Since the army has arrived, as a king, Gu will naturally go out of the city to work for the army."

Sure enough, the army arrived outside the capital in two days, and Zhao Lu had already received the news that King Xue was going out of the city to work for the army.

When they were not far from the capital, Zhao Lu ordered the army to stop and rectify. After all, it was King Xue who came to welcome them, so naturally they had to rectify. Taking advantage of this gap, no one stopped Teng Yun.

When he was about to continue entering the city, He Zhong yelled, "Where did Teng Ying go?"

Zhao Lu's heart skipped a beat, and He Ren coaxed, "Did you have diarrhea?"

He Yi said with a smile: "The lazy donkey always has a lot of shit and urine."

Teng Yun got out of the army, took off his armor, put on the clothes he had prepared, and continued on without daring to stop. After all, this is the suburb of the capital, Zhao Lu is not stupid and will soon find out.

It's just that before Teng Yun left, he heard some "rustling" sounds, and soldiers rushed out from all directions and surrounded Teng Yun, led by Zhao Tong.

When Teng Yun saw Zhao Tong, he didn't seem nervous, but just laughed.

The soldiers surrounded Teng Yun, and then a man in a black python robe came out and said, "Are you smiling easily?"

When Teng Yun saw Xue Junliang, he was in a daze for a moment. It had been more than a few months since he led troops to Teng country, and when he saw Xue Junliang again, for some reason, Zhao Lu and Feng Ming suddenly flashed in his mind.

Teng Yun remained calm and said, "A man doesn't flick his tears easily. If he doesn't laugh, is it possible that he wants to cry?"

Xue Junliang walked over slowly, stared at him and said, "Oh... I don't know General Teng, where is he going?"

Teng Yun was taken aback

Now, when he was still Teng Yun, Xue Junliang called him that. Now he is still surnamed Teng, but he is no longer Teng Yun.

Xue Junliang didn't see him speak, and knew that under such circumstances, he had nothing to say, and said: "The army's squadron returned to the court, General Teng is the first, I'm still thinking about rewarding you."

Teng Yun still didn't speak, Xue Junliang was a little surprised, but not too surprised.If it was Teng Ying in the past, if he said the reward, he would definitely flatter him, but since Teng Ying went to war, Xue Junliang felt that he was hiding something, and it was normal for him not to respond.

Zhao Lu sent people to chase him, and happened to see King Xue. He was terrified, and hurriedly knelt down to see him. Then Xue Junliang sent people to withdraw his troops and invite Teng Yun back.

The imperial physician asked Feng Ming for pulse, while Lu Shichen stood aside, the imperial physician did not dare to say anything, and left after prescribing a prescription.

Lu Shichen's mouth was okay, but he was not very good at comforting others. Moreover, he felt that he was also deeply affected by this matter, and he couldn't even comfort himself.

On that day, Lu Shichen asked Ruixue to carry the Duanqin to Zhao Lu, hoping that Zhao Lu might have feelings for King Feng, and would change his mind when he saw the Duanqin, but who knew that Ruixue would be silent as soon as he left.

Lu Shichen couldn't understand, he himself was an elm lump, and now he had entered a strange circle and couldn't get out. It seemed that Zhulu Hou cared so much about Feng Wang, why they hurt each other so deeply.

Lu Shichen sighed, the servant came in quietly, Fu Er said something to Lu Xiang, Lu Shichen was stunned, waved him to go down, he hesitated, he didn't know if it was appropriate to say it now, after all, Feng Ming's illness was not serious, and he looked very sick. haggard.

It's just that he was still hesitating, when Feng Ming turned over, he seemed to be awake, but he didn't seem to be asleep, and said: "Lu Xiangke has something to say."

Lu Shichen sighed again, "Your Majesty, Cheng Tian's nephew Zhang Hong is the king, and he has ordered troops to go out to occupy Mingshui."

Feng Ming stretched out his hand to cover his mouth, swallowed his cough, squinted his eyes, and said: "I summoned the ministers to come to Nuan Pavilion, I just want to discuss matters."

Lu Shichen wanted to ask him if he could stand it physically, but he didn't ask. After all, Feng Ming is also a seven-foot man, and no one wants others to look down on him, especially people like Feng Wang. He has always been lonely. Except for Zhao Lu, no one can make him lose his temper again.

The ministers handed out signs in front of the palace gate, and were quickly recruited in.

Feng Ming sat on the big chair in the Nuan Pavilion, leaning against the back of the chair, resting his chin with his hand, as if he was reading the mansion newspaper on the table.

Everyone was afraid of being angered, so they entered the Nuan Pavilion to pay their respects.

Feng Ming didn't seem to have any special expression, he raised his hand to signal them to get up, and said: "Presumably, all the lovers have also got the news, Zhang Hong must have deceived me and no one in court, his uncle Gu didn't even pay attention to him back then, let alone Don't talk about the current Zhang Hong."

Lu Shichen said: "Zhang Hong came to invade Mingshui at this time. He must think that Mingshui has just been flooded and has not yet been built. This is the weakest place. If Mingshui is captured, he can set up camp again and further invade the territory."

Feng Ming nodded, and suddenly smiled: "It's just that Mingshui is not an easy place to take. Even if it is taken down, it may not be easy to defend. The other side of Mingshui is Xue Guo. Taking this place is equivalent to being caught between the two countries." ..."

He paused as he spoke, and seemed to have a little light on his gray face, and said: "It is impossible for Zhang Hong to fight against Gu and King Xue at the same time, he must seek peace from King Xue, and the best way..."

Lu Shichen suddenly realized, and said, "Is it a marriage?"

"That's right, just after the Elder Master passed away, Zhang Hong was in a hurry to send someone to him. Doesn't he look down on the Elder Master, look down on the Elder Master, and naturally look down on Gu."

Everyone listened to Feng Ming's analysis logically, as if losing Zhuluhou was no big deal, and also as if there was no such thing as Zhuluhou in this world.

"Zhang Hong is a villain, so he killed his uncle at him. King Xue will definitely not want to associate with him, but King Xue will definitely not send troops to fight Zhang Hong. If you want to drive Zhang Hong away, it depends on everyone's opinion." gone."

Lu Shichen was in a difficult situation for a while, he was not good at military art, so he couldn't think of any good solution after thinking for a long time.Especially after Mingshui floods, it is inevitable to be afraid. Fengguo's terrain is low-lying. If Zhang Hong follows Xue Junliang's example in digging water, many soldiers will be drowned.

Feng Ming stood up, walked to the map, looked at the map with his back turned to everyone, and said after a while: "First, send someone to stop Zhang Hong from digging a tunnel to divert water. Digging a tunnel is no different from the simplest method. Zhang Hong I will definitely try, as long as the three teams attack separately and disturb Zhang Hong's eyesight, there is no need to fight to the death, if you win, you will retreat."

After he finished speaking, he paused again, and continued: "Second, Zhang Hong has a strong general under his command, so he can't face it head-on...I heard that this strong general and Xie Yuan, who took the imperial examination this time, used to be from the same town, why not take Xie Yuan with him?" superior."

The minister said: "Your Majesty, this time is a literary test to explain Yuan, not a military test..."

Feng Ming laughed and said, "Who said he was going to go to war? I asked him to reminisce about the old days... Regardless of Cheng Tian or Zhang Hong, the common problem of uncles and nephews is suspicion and suspicion. Sending him to reminisce with the enemy army will naturally arouse Zhang Hong's suspicion, and Zhang Hong will naturally force this general into the lonely camp, and a feast of wine and entertainment will be enough."

All the ministers nodded in praise, Feng Ming tapped the map with his hand, and said: "As for who to send, you go back and discuss it, and we will recommend a few people tomorrow morning, and we will make a decision."

After he finished speaking, he let everyone go down.

Lu Shichen paused, gritted his teeth and left.

When Feng Ming heard the sound of closing the door, he suddenly let go of his shoulders, and reached out to hold the map in front of him. The map was knocked alive and almost fell over.

Feng Ming stretched out his hand to cover his mouth, blood leaked out from between his hands, his face was already wet from crying, that's why he didn't turn around just now.

His face was mixed with blood and tears, and he couldn't control himself for a while, and fell to the ground as if he had lost his strength.

It is indeed not easy to be a king. If the person you trust the most betrays you, if you are sad, some people will say that the king is fatuous. Not to mention losing [-] elite soldiers for petty love, he is still obsessed with it.

If he is not sad, he will be said to be cold-blooded and cold-blooded. Sure enough, the emperor is ruthless, but he is only [-] elite soldiers. If he loses it, he will be gone. It is not like this in any war, and Zhao Lu is always a man. Enough is enough to feel tired and crooked.

Feng Ming fell to the ground, but Lu Shichen opened the door and walked in at this moment, and when he saw him, he immediately rushed over to help him up.

Lu Shichen is a literati, Feng Ming is still a man even if he is handsome, he is neither short nor light, it took a lot of effort to help him to the big chair and sit down.

Lu Shichen's eyes were a little red, and he said: "Why is the king like this, why do you bother yourself, you... you will die as Zhao Lu!"

Feng Ming shook his head and said with a light smile: "Some people are really obsessed with obsession. I would rather him betray me, but I am afraid that he will die...he is alive, and there will always be a day when he will meet with soldiers. At that time, Gu will be able to get them all back." .”

At first, Lu Shichen heard his words contradictory. Earlier, he hoped that Zhao Lu would live, even if he betrayed him, he hoped that he would live, and then he said some strange words about fighting in battle.

It's just that after he thought about it for a while, he couldn't help sighing. Feng Ming really treated Zhao Lu sincerely, but he was also the king of a country at the same time, and this was not contradictory at all.

Zhang Hong led his army to set foot not far from Mingshui, and soon sent people to Xue Guo.

Because of the queen's death, the matter of drafting girls has been delayed again and again, and everyone can see that His Majesty has a deep affection for the queen, and because of this matter, he wants to send all the girls back, so this time it will be considered a let-down.

And at this time, Zhang Hong ordered someone to send a letter, intending to marry his younger sister to Xue Junliang.

In the letter, she praised her sister so much that there is no one in the world, and threatened that she could only marry a hero in the world, but now it seems that Xue Junliang is the only one who can be called a hero.

Xue Junliang laughed out loud when he saw Zhang Hong's letter, which made the officials look at each other in blank dismay.

Xue Junliang asked Jiang Yu to read the letter for everyone to have fun together. Zhang Hong's words and sentences were all sticky to please, for fear that others would not know that it was flattery.

Teng Yun made a contribution this time and was appointed a moderate official. He happened to be the last general in the early court.

Xue Junliang asked everyone if they should marry Zhang Hong's younger sister. No one expressed their opinion for a while, and no one wanted to be the first one. After all, everyone has not figured out what Xue Wang meant. If he said something that was exactly the opposite of Xue Wang Come on, wouldn't that just be boring.

Xue Junliang looked around the crowd, and said with a smile: "Who will tell the story? You, Teng Ying, you have made meritorious service this time, and many people disapprove of you. If you can't tell, they just want to punish you... Naturally, If you can say it, let them experience it, you are standing here, you are not brazen!"

Hearing this, Teng Yun took half a step forward, raised his eyes and glanced at Xue Junliang, who was condescending, and couldn't help sneering.This Xue Junliang wanted to find a way to cut off his own head again, so he could become a thorn in King Xue's side. I don't know if it's luck or misfortune...